Benedict Cumberbatch News

[HerlockSholmes]

Me and my big mouth!

 

I used to really wind up an ex partner of mine by walking into a shoe shop and without breaking my stride I’d just pick up a pair of trainers from the racks, drop them on the counter and say ‘size 11 please.’ She’d stand there open mouthed. ‘Aren’t you going to look around she’d say?” Perhaps that’s why we’re no longer together? (That’s were I’ve been going wrong all these years! It’s all about shoes!)☹️

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Me and my big mouth!

 

I used to really wind up an ex partner of mine by walking into a shoe shop and without breaking my stride I’d just pick up a pair of trainers from the racks, drop them on the counter and say ‘size 11 please.’ She’d stand there open mouthed. ‘Aren’t you going to look around she’d say?” Perhaps that’s why we’re no longer together? (That’s were I’ve been going wrong all these years! It’s all about shoes!)☹️

I'm in between. I look around only because I'm trying to find the right style/color in my size. Once that's solved, I'm ready to go.

[HerlockSholmes]

I genuinly can’t think of anything that I hate more than shopping for clothes. You might guess from this that I’m what you might call ‘a casual dresser.’ I have to go to a wedding reception soon and my friend who is getting married (I used to go to school with her) has warned me not to turn up in my favourite tie-dye Led Zeppelin t-shirt, or my Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes t-shirt or my face of Frankenstein’s monster t-shirt or my Jack Daniels t-shirt or any one of my 4 Marillion t-shirts!! Yes, she knows my entire wardrobe! She’s told me that I have to hire a suit! A suit! Me!

 

I’ve a good mind to hire an Inverness Cape. (I already have a deerstalker, pipe and magnifying glass.)

[HerlockSholmes]

 

Me and my big mouth!

 

I used to really wind up an ex partner of mine by walking into a shoe shop and without breaking my stride I’d just pick up a pair of trainers from the racks, drop them on the counter and say ‘size 11 please.’ She’d stand there open mouthed. ‘Aren’t you going to look around she’d say?” Perhaps that’s why we’re no longer together? (That’s were I’ve been going wrong all these years! It’s all about shoes!)☹️

I'm in between. I look around only because I'm trying to find the right style/color in my size. Once that's solved, I'm ready to go.

As long as they aren’t pink or have flashing lights or wheels on them I’m good to go

[SherlockedCAMPer]

I'm a jeans and t-shirt girl as well. I do have some nice clothes because of weddings and the likes but wear only when necessary.

[Arcadia]

​No. Shoes!!!

[J.P.]

Perhaps that’s why we’re no longer together? (That’s were I’ve been going wrong all these years! It’s all about shoes!)☹️

If it was like this, the human race would extinct decades ago.

 

As for the wedding - what about a T-shirt with a printed suit?

[Arcadia]

*searches frantically for something, anything Cumberbatch-related that isn't about clothes or shoes....*

 

Ta da! A "Child in Time" press briefing.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2018/01/17/cumberbatch-macdonald-find-ways-escape-sadness-pbss-child-time/1041306001/

[HerlockSholmes]

 

 

Perhaps that’s why we’re no longer together? (That’s were I’ve been going wrong all these years! It’s all about shoes!)☹️

If it was like this, the human race would extinct decades ago.

 

As for the wedding - what about a T-shirt with a printed suit?

I think she’d kill me!

[HerlockSholmes]

*searches frantically for something, anything Cumberbatch-related that isn't about clothes or shoes....*

 

Ta da! A "Child in Time" press briefing.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2018/01/17/cumberbatch-macdonald-find-ways-escape-sadness-pbss-child-time/1041306001/

This is what comes to my mind when I hear the phrase ‘Child In Time,’

 

[J.P.]

I think it's what comes to minds of all people of certain age. :D

[Arcadia]

Hold on ... that's not Child in Time, that's Bombay Calling! Er, with lyrics ... wait, what?

[J.P.]

Oldie and goldie - an ancient interview with Ben
https://twitter.com/duskybatfishgrl/status/957320507132489729

[Hikari]

I genuinly can’t think of anything that I hate more than shopping for clothes. You might guess from this that I’m what you might call ‘a casual dresser.’ I have to go to a wedding reception soon and my friend who is getting married (I used to go to school with her) has warned me not to turn up in my favourite tie-dye Led Zeppelin t-shirt, or my Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes t-shirt or my face of Frankenstein’s monster t-shirt or my Jack Daniels t-shirt or any one of my 4 Marillion t-shirts!! Yes, she knows my entire wardrobe! She’s told me that I have to hire a suit! A suit! Me!

 

I’ve a good mind to hire an Inverness Cape. (I already have a deerstalker, pipe and magnifying glass.)

[HerlockSholmes]

You’re absolutely right Hikari, I should be thankful that men's clothes shopping is much simpler than women’s. Especially if, like me, you have absolutely zero interest in fashion. The pressure on women to look good is something pretty primal but you would think that, as time moves on and we try (not always successfully) to treat women equally, there would be a decreasing of that pressure but no. Fashion pervades everything; advertising is relentless; movie stars and models look more and more perfect. I wonder if things will change? Not in our lifetimes that’s for sure and sadly, if anyone on here has grandkids, not in there’s either.☹️

[HerlockSholmes]

‘Theirs’ not ‘there’s’. Grrrrrrr.

[Hikari]

You’re absolutely right Hikari, I should be thankful that men's clothes shopping is much simpler than women’s. Especially if, like me, you have absolutely zero interest in fashion. The pressure on women to look good is something pretty primal but you would think that, as time moves on and we try (not always successfully) to treat women equally, there would be a decreasing of that pressure but no. Fashion pervades everything; advertising is relentless; movie stars and models look more and more perfect. I wonder if things will change? Not in our lifetimes that’s for sure and sadly, if anyone on here has grandkids, not in there’s either.☹️

 

I hope you can find something to wear that will satisfy both yourself and your hosts to this shindig, even if it means you can't wear your favorite T-shirt.

 

I've never shopped for menswear, apart from ties for my dad.  Male measurements are completely different than the way women's clothes are sized--and you can be thankful for that!  Find a salesperson and make him your ally--he will measure you and make sure whatever you're getting fits--and I think most suits come with free alterations if needed.

 

Good luck!  When do you need this outfit?

[HerlockSholmes]

End of March. I’ve decided to hire. Me, my brothers and my friend are all going to the same place to get fitted up.

[J.P.]

Benedict Cumberbatch visits the Laureus supported Active Communities Network programme at Burgess Park Community Sports Centre.

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/p2jd1aIiySP/Benedict+Cumberbatch+Project+Visit/C60yQMZWZPb

[Arcadia]

Oh lordy....

Reason #2064 why BC's fans think he's absolutely adorkable...

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

But he didn't change his handle and his spout!  (That was always my favorite part.)

[SherlockedCAMPer]

But he didn't change his handle and his spout!  (That was always my favorite part.)

Are you talking about the tip me over pour me out bit as he does that at the end; though some might argue that it could have been better and done sooner.

[Arcadia]

1 hour ago, Carol the Dabbler said:

But he didn't change his handle and his spout!  (That was always my favorite part.)

Change? I don't know that part. (OMG, I've been doing it wrong all these years.....)

59 minutes ago, SherlockedCAMPer said:

Are you talking about the tip me over pour me out bit as he does that at the end; though some might argue that it could have been better and done sooner.

 

 

 

But then it wouldn't have been as adorkable.....

[Carol the Dabbler]

This is truly weird -- What I'm finding on the internet is either the short version as BC performed it or a two-stanza version with the second being:

I'm a clever teapot, yes it's true.

Here, let me show you what I can do:

I can change my handle and my spout.  [Here you swap which arm does which gesture]

Just tip me over and pour me out.

Our school's version of the Teapot song was a hybrid, using just the first half of the first stanza and the last half of the second.  I had never before heard the part about getting "all steamed up," which sounds to me more like a tea kettle than a tea pot.

[Arcadia]

Well, I never! Never heard of the second verse, that is. I've only heard the version Ben recites.